LocalAccounts specifies local accounts to be created during installation.

You can use the sysprep/generalize command in conjunction with LocalAccounts to change account information. See the Best Practices for Authoring Answer Files topic for details.

Child Elements

LocalAccount

Specifies a local account to be created during installation.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditSystem

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Applies To

For a list of the Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set user accounts.

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<UserAccounts>
   <LocalAccounts>
	<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
		 <Password>
			<Value>cAB3AFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA</Value>
			<PlainText>false</PlainText>
		 </Password>
		 <Description>Test account</Description>
		 <DisplayName>Admin/Power User Account</DisplayName>
		 <Group>Administrators;Power Users</Group>
		 <Name>Test1</Name>
	</LocalAccount>
	<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
		 <Password>
			<Value>cABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
			<PlainText>false</PlainText>
		 </Password>
		 <Description>For testing</Description>
		 <DisplayName>Admin Account</DisplayName>
		 <Group>Administrators</Group>
		 <Name>Test2</Name>
	</LocalAccount>
   </LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>

See Also

Concepts

UserAccounts